The Seven

I don't know if I'll ever have the problem of mental blocks or lack of ideas when it comes to posting, but it seems I do have a little problem a lot of us here know too much about called SEVERE LACK OF TIME!!! I presently have about 6 posts in various stages of completion filed inside the little blue lockers in my head, and now my only issue is finding spare time to translate mental processes into neat black type. Oh well...halevai this should be my biggest problem :-)


So here goes!


Rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post the rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself; some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names and link to them.
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blog.



1) It sounds odd, but I find real pleasure in climbing things. As a kid I wasn't so much of a monkey, but I think some of my excess energy and curiosity evolved over time into the urge to scale walls, climb trees, and basically get to the highest point reachable by the means of arms and legs. There's something so refreshing and exhilarating about the slight danger and thrill of being high off the ground. (Maybe that's due to my close proximity to the ground on a regular basis...I'm not that vertically inclined :-P)

2) I taught myself how to play guitar last year on the day after Lag B'omer. Pobody inspired me the night before with her guitar playing skills, and I just picked up a guitar and her homemade songbook, and that was that.

3) I love entertaining people (and myself!) with imitations and impersonations. I like imitating diferent ethnic accents and famous people's sayings. Movies are pretty good imitation material, but the best I've found so far is anything from Homestarrunner.com :-)

4) I can write really fast. Although I very much dislike taking notes in class, my notes tend to be pretty comprehensive and I usually end up lending each set out to multiple classmates. It's kinda cool to stumble across little groups of girls studying and think to yourself, "Hey, that looks a lot like my handwriting..."

5) I dislike matching pajamas. I never buy pajama shirts and pants that come together; I prefer mixing and matching old comfy pairs.

6) I have a passion for languages. I took 3 years of Spanish in school and a course in ASL in college. (My students now know how to count to ten in 7 languages! The cuties...) I also have a thing for accents, so whenever I'm speaking Hebrew, I gotta do it all the way...

7) I'm not a mefunak at all. I'm not scared of germs, I don't mind getting muddy or wet or freezing, and I'm really in my element crashing through the trees in sneakers searching for frogs, snakes, and snails. On a regular day I look quite put together (partly because it makes me feel more like a mentch, and partly because my mother would never let me even peek out the front door if I'm not dressed and substantially made-up...) but my favorite pastimes do not include nice clothes or blowdried hair.


Okay...
I tag At Peace, Madd Hatter, Lvnsm27, Pobody's Nerfect, David, and Dreamer. Now somebody's gotta teach me how to do the link thing cuz I'm clueless. (Unless that little green oval-looking thing on the toolbar is more than just for decoration...hmmmm...) And coaching on how to follow the rest of this meme's rules, too, please.... :-)